Khurda (Khordha) is a city and a municipality area in Khurda district in the Indian state of Orissa. Bhubaneswar, capital of Orissa, belongs to Khurda district and is only 25 km from Khurda town.

Khurda district has a unique place in history as being the last kingdom to be conquered by the British in 1803. Khurda is famous for the Paika Bidroha (soldier revolution) of 1817, led by Jai Rajguru and Bakshi Jagabandhu. Dalabehera of Tapanga Garha also played a leading role during that time. Khurda is famous for Barunei temple atop the Barunei Hills. There are many villages in this district and some of them are Gurujanga, Gangapada, Minchinpatna, Angarpada, Mahula, Majana, Karadapalli and host of others. Gurujanga village is the birth place of Sachi Rautarai (specifically remembered for "Chhota mora gaan ti" poetry), Harikrushna Pradhan (another famous Sanskrit Pandit) and many more good writers.

Khurda is located at 20°11′N 85°37′E / 20.18°N 85.62°E / 20.18; 85.62. It has an average elevation of 75 m (246 ft).

Cheb Bilal (born Bilal Mouffok) is a well-known raï singer. He was born on July 23, 1966 in Cherchel, Algeria.

Bilal spent much of his youth in Oran, Algeria where he studied at the conservatory of music. He was raised by his grandfather.

Initially, Cheb Bilal performed at weddings and festivals around Oran. In 1980, he created the group El Ahouar. In 1989 he went to Marseilles, France, which he described as a turning point in his career. He also spent much of his time on the prision of "l3awad" in Kenitra ( Morocco). He is a well-known singer in morocco.

It is said^{[by whom?]} he gained his inspiration from former legendary singer Abdul.

Ranjeet Ranjan (b. 1974-01-07) is an Indian politician and was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India representing Saharsa, Bihar from the Lok Janshakti Party party. Her She is married to mafia don and politician Pappu Yadav.

Ranjeeta Ranjan, born in Bihar, brought up in Jammu, studied in Punjab and settled in Delhi. More still: Her ancestors were Kashmiri Pandit turned Sikhs.

Ranjeeta Ranjan, was an active lawn tennis player in the Bihar circuit, when Pappu Yadav noticed her on the tennis courts at Patna in 1993. He proposed to her, but his criminal background worried her traditional Sikh family. Eventually he converted to Sikhism and married her.

One year after the marriage, she contested the assembly elections in 1995, but lost. After this she was involved in Pappu Yadav's election campaign in 1999, when he had been jailed on murder charges. In 2004, she entered the fray again, from Saharsa in North Bihar, near Pappu's strongold of Purnea. She won and became one of the youngest MPs in the 14th Lok Sabha. She was active in relief works after devastating floods from the Kosi river.